Will Mason
@willmasonmusic.com
Musician and composer • assoc. professor of music, Skidmore College • “experimental yet still catchy” — New York Times • repost = 👀
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Will Mason
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· Jan 10
Will Mason - Hemlocks (score follower) feat. Anna Webber, Daniel Fisher-Lochhead, deVon Russell Gray
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My latest album is out today on @newfocuslabel.bsky.social. It's called "Hemlocks, Peacocks" and features Anna Webber, Daniel Fisher-Lochhead, deVon Russell Gray, and me. I made a score follower video for the first track for those who are curious.
youtu.be/RSKcnoVlcwU?...
youtu.be/RSKcnoVlcwU?...
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It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
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RIP Ebo Taylor (1936-2026)
Ghana music legend Ebo Taylor dies at 90 - Ghana Business News
One of Ghana’s enduring music legends, Ebo Taylor has died. He was 90 years old. His son Kweku Taylor announced the death in a Facebook post Sunday morning February 8, 2026.
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
RIP Ebo Taylor (1936-2026)
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🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
as a musician and a professor my fragile psyche has to contend with both "rate your music" and "rate my professor" and I would just as soon be anonymously rated less often.
February 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
as a musician and a professor my fragile psyche has to contend with both "rate your music" and "rate my professor" and I would just as soon be anonymously rated less often.
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Also Joe, Kamala and their staff knew this the entire time. As in, they knew from October 2023 that what they were doing was not popular. A WH press staffer told me in fall 2023 that they personally believed Netanyahu was genocidal.
I cannot begin to express how happy I am that everyone, including the people I hate viscerally, now agree with me specifically
February 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Also Joe, Kamala and their staff knew this the entire time. As in, they knew from October 2023 that what they were doing was not popular. A WH press staffer told me in fall 2023 that they personally believed Netanyahu was genocidal.
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Even Sanders keeps invoking imaginary reasonable Republicans instead of just attacking the R brand. One of the biggest asymmetries in party rhetoric.
Donald Trump is withholding billions of dollars in New York infrastructure unless he gets Penn Station and Dulles Airport named after him.
This is not only brazenly corrupt. It is sick, twisted and egomaniacal. The time is long overdue for sane Republicans to stand up to Trump.
This is not only brazenly corrupt. It is sick, twisted and egomaniacal. The time is long overdue for sane Republicans to stand up to Trump.
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Even Sanders keeps invoking imaginary reasonable Republicans instead of just attacking the R brand. One of the biggest asymmetries in party rhetoric.
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So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
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jamming with my new trio: it's me on drums, a generative Max patch in 7-limit just intonation on guitars, and a seasonal affective disorder lamp on lead vocals. taking suggestions for a band name.
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
jamming with my new trio: it's me on drums, a generative Max patch in 7-limit just intonation on guitars, and a seasonal affective disorder lamp on lead vocals. taking suggestions for a band name.
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Subprime mortgages but for rent, brilliant
FOX: " Rent Now, Pay Later. It's a new option for renters who are struggling to make the monthly payment ... You pay them a fee or a monthly subscription, but if you miss the payments — that's when the interest rates go way up."
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Subprime mortgages but for rent, brilliant
jamming with my new trio: it's me on drums, a generative Max patch in 7-limit just intonation on guitars, and a seasonal affective disorder lamp on lead vocals. taking suggestions for a band name.
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
jamming with my new trio: it's me on drums, a generative Max patch in 7-limit just intonation on guitars, and a seasonal affective disorder lamp on lead vocals. taking suggestions for a band name.
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The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
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as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
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It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.
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It’s a Big Herrenvolk and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in the Big Herrenvolk.
Again, if a single Democrat ever talked about punishing rural areas like this for ___, it would be a nonstop national scandal for months on end. But Republicans can treat cities & urban residents like this & 🦗🦗
Again, if a single Democrat ever talked about punishing rural areas like this for ___, it would be a nonstop national scandal for months on end. But Republicans can treat cities & urban residents like this & 🦗🦗
Markwayne Mullin: "I agree with what Lindsey is saying on defunding these sanctuary cities. We should pull our TSA agents out of their airports and not allow their airpot to be classified as international or even a regional hub. We should pull all of our aid."
February 3, 2026 at 2:29 AM
It’s a Big Herrenvolk and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in the Big Herrenvolk.
Again, if a single Democrat ever talked about punishing rural areas like this for ___, it would be a nonstop national scandal for months on end. But Republicans can treat cities & urban residents like this & 🦗🦗
Again, if a single Democrat ever talked about punishing rural areas like this for ___, it would be a nonstop national scandal for months on end. But Republicans can treat cities & urban residents like this & 🦗🦗
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I strongly support the new position of the US Government that the District of Columbia can bar possession of firearms, which contradicts the Supreme Court’s mistaken 2008 ruling establishing that individuals have an absolute 2nd Amendment right to own firearms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distric...
February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I strongly support the new position of the US Government that the District of Columbia can bar possession of firearms, which contradicts the Supreme Court’s mistaken 2008 ruling establishing that individuals have an absolute 2nd Amendment right to own firearms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distric...
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TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
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Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Chotiner: Tell me what you found interesting about these vampires.
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
Documentarian: Well, it's just -- the group dynamics, I guess.
Chotiner: I can see that. I can see finding Nandor, Laszlo and Nadia entertaining.
Documentarian: Exactly.
Chotiner: So. How many people did you watch them murder?
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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I've almost doubled the number of entries in the music notation timeline this year alone--and it's hard to believe that in a year this resource will have been online for a decade!
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/timeline-of-...
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/timeline-of-...
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I've almost doubled the number of entries in the music notation timeline this year alone--and it's hard to believe that in a year this resource will have been online for a decade!
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/timeline-of-...
silpayamanant.wordpress.com/timeline-of-...
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Larry Summers complaining to Epstein that his kids admire Bernie Sanders too much
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Larry Summers complaining to Epstein that his kids admire Bernie Sanders too much
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That's correct. Including the Founders.
February 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
That's correct. Including the Founders.
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I’m *extremely concerned* about the way folks are reforming their image of the cops in light of everything that’s happening, even though we only have a handful examples of them disagreeing with ICE, while still being responsible themselves for the murders of Black and brown people across the country
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I’m *extremely concerned* about the way folks are reforming their image of the cops in light of everything that’s happening, even though we only have a handful examples of them disagreeing with ICE, while still being responsible themselves for the murders of Black and brown people across the country
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.